Catch for hand-bags



A. GOERTZ.

CATCH FOR HAND BAGS.

(No M0de 1.)

Patented July 19, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO AUGUST GOERTZ, OF NE\VARK, NEYV JERSEY.

CATCH FOR HAND-BAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,770, dated July 19,1887.

Application filed November 6, 1856. Serial No. 218,130. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST GOERTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Catches for Hand-Bags;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a more simple, durable, andeffective catch for hand-bags and satchels at a reduced cost ofconstruction.

The invention consists in an improved catch for hand-bags or satchels,and in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as willbe hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of theclaim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicatecorresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a planof myimproved frame and catch. Fig.

' 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a section through line00, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4.- is a detail, partly in sect-ion, of the insideof said catch.

In said drawings, a a are the jawsections of-the bag-frame A, which areU-shaped in cross-section, as indicated in Fig. 3, and suitably hingedor pivoted together in any ordinary manner. A catch-plate, 0, preferablyformed or struck from sheet metal, to enable the same to be cheaplymade, is pivoted, preferably by having the lateral ends thereofterminating in pins or pivotal lugs, as d d, between studs orbearingheads 0* 0 formed or secured to one of the frame-sections. Inlieu of the integral pivotal projections, a separate or independentpivotal pin, either integral with the studs 0* or separate therefrom,may be provided.

On the upper side of the catch-plate, eccentric with the pivotal centerof the plate, and preferably over the cooperating frame-section a, isformed or secureda fingenpiece or knob, 0*, whereby the said catch'platemay be lifted or raised from an engaging relation with the catch h ofthe said co-operating frame-section.

On the under side of the plate 0 (indicated more clearly in Figs. 3 and4) are formed downward projections e and f, the former be ing ahook-like catch to engage the cooperating catch h. This is preferablyriveted or soldered upon said plate, and is provided upon its outer edgewith an incline, (2, adapted to cause the hook to ride upward and overthe co-operating catch h automatically when the two frame-sections areclosed together. The notch e of the hook to receive said co'operat ingcatch, enabling it to hold the sections to gether, is formed at theinner side of the hook, as shown in Fig. 3, so that after the catchplateand hook ride over the co-operating catch, as described, and aredepressed by the springs 'g, or by the hand, the spring-power inherentin the frame-sections and tending to separate one from the other willcause the said cooperating catch to enter the notch and hold the catchin place and the sections to gether.

Back of the hook and eccentric to the pivotal center of the catch'plate,and at a point about midway between the studs 0 0, is formed or secureda depending lug or bearing, f, above referred to. This co-operates withthe said studs 0* c to receive and hold a spring, 1 which is bowed oversaid lug or bearing and at its opposite ends turned around or otherwisesecured to said studs, as shown more clearly in Fig. 4. The operation ofthe spring thus arranged is to limit the upward movement of thecatch-plate, so that the fingerpiece cannot be brought to the under sidethereof, and to hold said plate at a point or position where it willautomatically engage the hook, as before described.

The lug or bearing f extends downward sufficiently to limit the downwardmovement of the plate by engaging the frame to which it is secured, andso that the catch-plate is held in a horizontal position, or oneparallel with the top of the frame-sections when held together.

issued to me, and possesses no especial features of novelty, except inthe fact that said bar or shaft is formed or arranged in a plane nearerthat of the top of the frame-sections than that of the pivotal center ofthe catch-- plate, so that when the said catch-plate is heldhorizontally, as above described, by means of the cooperating spring anddepending lug or hearing, the incline edge of the hook will enterproperly into engagement with the said bar of the co-operating catch.

By the construction thus described a catch is provided at comparativelylittle cost, possessing in the market the advantages of simplicity ofconstruction'and a novel arrangement of parts.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new isl V 1.The combination, with studs 0 c of a jawsection, of a catch-platearranged between said studs and provided with a finger-piece, adepending lug, f, and hook-like projection 6, adapted to engage acooperating catch of the other vjaw-section of the bag, and a springwhich is bowed over said lug f and turned around said studs c c said)arts bein arranged'and adapted tooperate substantially V as set forth.

2. The combination, with studs 0 c of a jawsection of a bag-frame, of asheet-metal plate terminating at the opposite sidein pins or pivotallugs, which work in saidstuds, said plate being provided on the upperside with a finger-piece and on the under side with depending lugs eandf, and aspring engaging the lug f and turned around said studs, and aco-opcratingcatch arranged on the opposite jawsection of the frame toengage the depending lug or projection f, substantially as herein setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this4th day of November, 1886.

AUGUST GOERTZ.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, WM. S. CORWIN.

